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UI tops list for foreign enrollment
12:11 AM 4/11/2008 — International enrollment at the University has gradually increased this decade, but it was not until this year that the University enrolled more international students than any other public university in the nation.
According to the Division of Management Information Web site, which compiles enrollment numbers, the majority of these international students are graduate students.
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Suspect in slaying of pregnant Marine arrested in small town in western Mexico
2:22 PM 4/11/2008 — MORELIA, Mexico - A Marine suspected of killing a pregnant colleague told police he slept in fields and survived by eating fruit that he found during a three-month manhunt that ended with his arrest in western Mexico, authorities said. Mexican police in the small town of Tacambaro arrested Cpl.
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Police continue to investigate fatal car accident
2:40 PM 4/11/2008 — After hitting several trees at a high rate of speed around 10:30p.m. Thursday, William Brown, 28, of Springfield, Ill. was pronounced dead at Carle Foundation Hospital about a half hour later. There were two other passengers injured in the crash as well, one in "serious" condition, according to a press release from the Champaign Police Department.
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Lungless aquatic frog proves rare discovery
2:26 PM 4/11/2008 — BANGKOK, Thailand - A frog has been found in a remote part of Indonesia that has no lungs and breathes through its skin, a discovery that researchers said Thursday could provide insight into what drives evolution in certain species.
The aquatic frog Barbourula kalimantanensis was found in a remote part of Indonesia's Kalimantan province on Borneo island during an expedition in August 2007, said David Bickford, an evolutionary biologist at the National University of Singapore.
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Wal-Mart profits increasing despite slump in economy
2:27 PM 4/11/2008 — Consumers may be suffering because of the state of the economy, but for Wal-Mart locally and nationally, the recent slump has had little effect.
According to a company letter sent by Tom Schoewe, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Wal-Mart, the company reported sales of $106 billion for the most recent quarter, making it the first retailer to have sales exceed $100 billion.
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Cluster of storms rage through US heartland
12:10 AM 4/11/2008 — ST. LOUIS - A line of severe thunderstorms, possible tornadoes and even snow pounded the nation's heartland on Thursday, flooding nearly 200 roads in Missouri, closing schools in Arkansas and ripping the roofs off dozens of houses in Texas. The band of storms stretched from Colorado and Nebraska, which was expected to get up to 10 inches of snow, to Texas, where high winds and driving rain at one point left a quarter of a million people without power.
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UI junior running for state representative
2:28 PM 4/11/2008 — Rep. Naomi Jakobsson, D-Urbana, has represented the 103rd district in the Illinois House of Representatives since 2002.
Like all elected officials, running for reelection is a fact of life for her. This year, Jakobsson has been thrown a curveball.
This time around, her opposition is 20-year-old University student Frank Calabrese.
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Blagojevich waiting for disaster declaration approval
4:23 PM 4/11/2008 — Gov. Rod Blagojevich asked President Bush to declare 15 southern Illinois counties major disaster areas as a result of flooding that devastated those areas in March, damaging hundreds of homes and businesses. As of Friday, the Governor's office is still waiting for the approval.
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Hunters lose with budget squeeze
11:57 PM 4/10/2008 — The Controlled Pheasant Hunting Program is on Gov. Blagojevich's chopping block, and Illinois pheasant hunters face unpleasant realities if the program loses its funding.
According to Illinois Pheasants Forever, a Web site promoting habitat availability for the birds, the governor's office recently sent a directive to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources that would end the program.
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Campus Crusade for Christ shares beliefs
11:59 PM 4/10/2008 — Friday is the last day of Campus Crusade for Christ's blitz week, but unlike last year, this week was not marked by students in the group wearing the same T-shirt for five days in a row.
"Every year we come up with a theme to encourage people, and last year we all got the same shirt for the theme 'What does God mean to you?'" said Chelsea Bushong, junior in ACES and student leader of Campus Crusade for Christ, or Cru.
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Bill banning trans fats in state schools awaiting decision from Illinois Senate
12:07 AM 4/11/2008 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Twelve-year-old Vanessa Prather loves her french fries.
The sixth-grader orders her favorite deep-fried side dish at least three times a week when it's served in the Washington Middle School cafeteria, with no thought to the health problems that can be caused by trans fats.
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Rate of younger college students increasing
1:07 AM 5/6/2008 — A new trend has begun to emerge with high school students: going to college early. Click on the icon to hear The Daily Illini's Sydney Langford bring you more on the story.
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University employee sings National Anthem at Lakers game
12:49 AM 4/11/2008 — Sherrika Ellison has come a long way from singing in a church choir as a five-year-old, to performing the National Anthem at a Los Angeles Lakers game on April 11 at 9:30 p.m.
"It was truly by the grace of God that I was chosen to sing at the Los Angeles Lakers game," said Ellison.
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Police report
9:28 PM 4/10/2008 — Champaign A 54-year-old man, a 50-year-old man and a 56-year-old woman reported burglary at the Zero block of East John Street on Tuesday afternoon. According to a police report, unknown offenders burglarized the 54-year-old victim's vehicle. During the investigation, two other vehicles were found to be burglarized as well.
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